Goran Karan

Goran Karan
File:Goran Karan.jpg
Background information
Birth name	Goran Karan
Born	(1964-04-02) 2 April 1964 Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin	Split, Croatia
Genres	Pop, Disco
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	vocals, piano, hammond organ, acoustic guitar
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Hayat Production
Website	www.gorankaran.hr

Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964 in Belgrade), is a Croatian singer from Split. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his finest work, which won him several awards.

Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997.

In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he won the ninth place with his song "Ostani" ("Stay").

In 2005 he was one of the judges in Hrvatski idol, Croatian version of Pop Idol. Karan's song "Ružo moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as 2005 Sunčane skale festival in Herceg Novi.

In summer 2007, deeply moved by the Kornati fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not the End"), gathered under the name Split Star a group of famous singers (Oliver Dragojević, Marko Perković Thompson, Tedi Spalato, Dražen Zečić, Giuliano, Alen Nižetić, Hari Rončević) from the Split area, that performed it with him in a music video, all of this in less than fifteen days [1].

Albums

• Kao da te ne volim (Like I Don't Love You) - 1999
• Vagabundo (Vagabund) - 2000
• Ahoj! (Ahoy!) - 2003
• Od srca do usana (From Heart to the Lips) - 2005
• Zlatna kolekcija (Golden Collection) - 2005
• Dite Ljubavi (Child of Love) - 2008

External links

• (Croatian) www.gorankaran.hr (Official site)
• (Croatian) gorankaran.atspace.com (Fan site)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Doris Dragović with "Marija Magdalena"	Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Succeeded by Vanna with "Strings of My Heart"
Preceded by Romana Panić	Sunčane Skale winner 2005	Succeeded by Milena Vučić